Overview

April is the Cruelest of Months is a 1983 film directed by Suvi-Marja Korvenheimo, also known as Anssi Mänttäri, and the final part of the Korvenheimo trilogy. It was named after the first verse of T. S. Eliot's poem series The Waste Land. The film, shot in ten days, is a satire on the candles of Finnish culture.

Top Cast

Antti Litja

Olli

Markku Toikka

Unto

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Paavo Piskonen

Leevi

Rea Mauranen

Woman with Heart

Liisa Halonen

Raija

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Mikko Majanlahti

Mikkonen, professor of arts

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Olli Tuominen

Critic Vehviläinen

Aki Kaurismäki

Ville Alfa

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Ville Piskonen

Jussi - Olli's and Raija's Son

Riitta Havukainen

Maj-Lis

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Ann-Cathrine Fröjdö

Pia

Hannele Laaksonen

Maija